****** @* MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 2. _ 1888 ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE. 1888 The (iAZBiTE,ohronologically, ia lathe eighty-ninth year of its existence and ia not only the oldest paper in the;8tate, but, with v.'ry few exceptions, in the country. Not? withstanding the fullneas of its years, jt has kept, and will continue to keep abreast of the times In all that pertains to a news paper, furnishing its readers daily with a perfect mirror of passing events, domestic and for? eign. Its facilities for obtaining news as they increase are taken advantage of and used for the benefit of its readers, who are thus kept thoroughly posted as to all that is of interest politically, socially, financially and commercially. Special attention is given to matters concerning the State and its welfare, while its local columns contain all that is of the slightest interest to Alex? andria. Its regular correspondence from Washington and Richmond are features of peculiar interest, as attested by the eager* nees wit...

_ MONDAY EVENIN I JAN OAS'. 2 LOCAL NEWS. Mr. E. E. DOWNHAM ELECTED MAYOR A called meeting of the City Council wa3 held Saturday night. Thougn tho nigUji was atomy a large crowd of spectators *s ?mbled. All the members were ou baud. IN THJl BOARD OF ALDERMEN Tue fall for the riiti.tii ^, issued i>y Preti dr..: .-tmu s. waa rvbil Thai gentleman further explained bin reasona for calling Council together, saying that bo deemed it for the public :'- <>.t; that tiie city bad been j left nit bout a bead by the death of Mayor gm . at d it was thought that tbo sooner hig fui ir?or was elrcted and sworo in tbe l? <:. r 1 bere 1>- inc no business before tbe hoard an intermission followed, after which Miowden, from the Common Council, rarediu the chambor and invited tbo { uii n to meetthe lower board in .joint ( nveution tor tbe purpose of electing a Tbo invitation was accepted, and n tbe Aldermen's return the board ad j lirued. THE JOINT COUNCIL CONVENTION. Every member of the ...

MON ? AT EVENING, JANUARY 2. Gen. Puce ?Gen. Albert Pike, 33?, grand Tjmmander of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Ri?e of FreemaBonry, was seventy eight-years old on the 29th of December. He Uvea in Washington in the handsome Masonio building, "Haikel Kadosbibu," owned by ibe Supreme Council, surrounded by bis rare books and birds. There are twenty-five councils of the thirtv-tbird de gree in the world, and Gen. Pike is the ankinu grand commander, having held hia , o?iiion smce 1859 He wa? the rec?piect ? f many congratulatory telegrams aud let? ters on his anniversary. An Evining Club foe Girls.? A number of ! ho waalthy snd chari able la lies of Bridgepoit, Coun , bivo a-oociate 1 th^mselvts with the object of establishing au evening club forgirte hundreds ol WQom nro employed in the factories and other es sblishruents of that city, and a large proportion of 'vhom nave no home other than a boarding house. The Club isti be unsectarian. and cheer i? >tm have been secured. Sewin...

A-LT^XA-jNTPRIA.. TUESDAY EVENING, JANUABY 3. 1888 ALEXANDBIA GAZETTE. 1888 Toe Gazette, chronologically, ia in the eighty-ninth year of its existence and is not only the oldest paper in the;8tate, but, with very few exceptions, in the country. Not" withstanding the fullness of its years, it has kept, and will continue to keep abreast of the times in all that pertains to a news paper, furnishing its readers daily with a perfecl mirror of passing events, domestic and for? eign. Its* facilities for obtaining news a; they increase are taken advantage of and used for the benefit of its readers, who arc thus kept thoroughly posted as to all that is of interest politically, socially, financially aud commercially. Special attention h giveu to matters concerning the State and its welfare, while its local columns contaic all that is of the slightest interest to Alex? andria. Its regular correspondence fron: Washington and Richmond are features oi peculiar interest, as attested by the eager? ...

?5 Unm?m fette. ?_?i ? TUESDAY EYEN1N? JANUARY LA.)CALNEWS. For this section warmer, fair weather, light to fresh southwesterly winds. The Corporation Jndgeship. The following account of the meeting of tbe bar for tbe PurPose of Ueci(liDg uPon a candidate for Judge of the Corporation . Court was prepared by a participant in the proceedings: : a meeting of the bar of Ibis city, called j Albert Smart, was held at the ofhee | ?f Messrs Maibury ami Armstrong at 10 t ibis morning. Nine members of the ; sen I in the west room of the of- I ? ' Marbury was in the east v., Ara'ntrosg was also present . ;.. eting was organized, but up it!'' Btreet. Mr. S. F. .. .Siisi o present, but authorized Mr. , v i'.hi ? um ..jtv ho had no choice, " , , , es-iiiss no choiie. Mr. Jas. ? \ un. rivoud chairman, and Mr. S. ? Kr?:?'! :tci?'hi ? As soon ae the meet Uig wa" oiguoized Mr. C. E Stuart stated iu .!', (?? thai his persoual and professional choice for Judge oi tbe Corporation Court v is .Mr V IV. Ar...

TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3. CLOSE Work with Bea.es ?A party of hunters from Be., noldsviile, Pa., returned from the woods of Ciiaton county a few d-?ys ago, wiiere tbey had been hunting for two weeks. Last year ruoro hears were killed in that county thau in any year since its settlement. Two of the party, Dr. J. B. Neale and C. Mitchell, had a terrible adventure with two of the animals, that wili sound more like the romances of the West tban an incident ihat actually occurred in a thickly populated r.iucty of Pennsylvania. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Ncale had started cut in the morning together, and in pursuing a doer iu the afternoon they got farther away from the > imp tbau they intended. Night coming on, and it being a pleasant one, fhey concluded to Ciiup out. In hunting a suit? able place they ran across a cave in a ledge of recks and thought it would be just the thing. They bui.t a fire, broiled a couple of rabbits and made a hunter's supper, after which they lay down, and from t...

ALEXANDRIA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4. Senator Vance in a recent speech said that "one portion of this country continues to claim the right to interfere with the do? mestic affairs of tho other in ways most illegal and offensive." And in saying this, I he Senator only expressed a fact of which every well informed man is aware, whether he live in the North or South. No matter what is done in the North, the idea of inter? ference never enters the brain of a Southern man ; but there is hardly a breach of the peace in the South that is not a sufficient cause for active interference on the part oi Northern States or the representatives oi 6uch States in the Congress of the nation. But the North after a while, perhaps, will learn that the South will go her own way, utterly irrespective of all such interference, and that that interference is only condu? cive to the maintenance of the solidity ol the South. During the eighty-eight years of the Gazette's existence it baa observed the rlee...

ff WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 4 I0:AL "MATTERS. For this district warmer, fair weather, light to (rc-h soutln rlv winds. Escape ok Billy Williams.?This fa? mous desperado is fgain at large, having ?scaped from the jail in this city la3t nig "c Wj| iams, who had been indicted for the murder of Polieeman Julian Arnold last May spent the aiminer in eluding the offl cera 'of justice, aud though rewards had been q re(l for his apprehension, it was not un til at? in the lall of last y ear that he was captured, having been ferreted out in Balti? more after which he was brought to this cilv and lodged in jail, his trial to tako fjre the Corporation Court at this fanuary) term. Williams had been . i in ? room on thesecond floor of the company with James Murray and , b Wiufgardeiier, housebreakers' front c unty, Kii.l Henry Jewell, charged L ,i in :>o from Mr. W. A. Smoot iu this city about, a month ago. The priso? ner had nee? -.uppned, (it is supposed by 0De ot tbe men tara of siio chuiu...

WEDNESDAY EVENING, january 4. The Con doe's Wonderful Flight.? D ?-win, while watching locglhelofey flight ol the Iammergeier's American cousin, the oondor, in ita great circling sweep at enor mous altitudes above the Chilean plains, wondered at the bird's power of thus sailing, hour afcer hour, in those great sweeping cir? cles without any apparent motion of the ou'spread wings. He arrived at the proba b y correct solution of the puzzle?a puzzle which has bothered a good many other ob? servers in watching the spiral flight of the eagle and the red tailed hawk. The extend? ed wing? gave not a single flap, but seemed to form the fulcrum on which the move? ments of the rest of the great bird?his neck, body, and tail?acted. "If the bird wished to descend, the wing3 were for a moment c/ilapst-d.aud when again expanded, with an altered inclination, the momentum gained by t he rapid descent seemed to urge the bird u ward wt'.h the even andst*-ady movement of h paper knife." There is somet...

ALEXANDRIA. THURSDAY EVENING. JAN?ABY 5. Thk engineers who devised the plan for the reclamation of the fiats off Washington city may be the moat scientific in the world, bat that they will have to rely upon other than that work to establish their ekillgoes without saying. The mud which was dredged from the channel and depos? ited on the flats, Boon finds its way back under the riprap work, thereby necessitat? ing constant redredging in order to enable vessels of any considerable draught to reach the wharves. Then, too, as the upper end of 'he channel has been closed, thereby con? verting a free and open water way into a basin, all the ice that forme upon it in the winter, though broken into small pieces, re? mains, as there is no current to carry it off. T-ieory is great, but practice is greater. A peddler, who was jailed and | bad bis horse and buggy taken away from him and aoid to pay a fine for selling bis wares after offeriog coupons in payment of his license tax, has sued the S...

S> ?-??-? thursday evenino. january ... LOCAL MATTERS. r r this section fair weather, followed by rain, : to fresh variable winds. 5b80nai..-Mr. W. P. French is con fined ?-Mahonie on account of sickness, pd Tbos. Smith, U. S. District Attorney \ew Mexico, is in Warrenton spending -h rt titnf w ith his friends. % uAgft C E. Stuart has returned from Richmond where he wen- on Tuesday to , Defjre the legislature the election ot Srf 1 -ouartl Marbury cs Judge of the Cor ration Court for this city. Judge Stuart that no democratic caucus will be held Jrawtek orten days, yet, so no nomina :-ft- Wjt' be made till then. He thinks the Ytter rotin the main with Senator Moore. The venera"16 Mr. James Cloud, now in the ninety fifth year of his age, writes from m" ortsent home in Berryville, Clarke county, in ? clear, business band as fol l0fft>'l. compliments of the season, and best ?:.hM for the continued favor the Gazette is ?in? by all who red it. I am glad to see In?;? o> improvemen...

THURSDAY EVENING. JANUABY 5. Loaded Opera Glasses.?-Two men ?nd a woman \ i-ited Gormas1! Miosrrela at D ? troit last week, entering tbe tbeetie when the programme was about b* f over, Tbe tiia was vnry flaani'y dressed. The elder man wore a sealaaiu coat and tbe otter a magnificent Iuverness. They stood op and removed tb m wltngreatostentation. Final? ly they became settled down and etarad tbrougn big opera glaaaes at tbe perfor mance. Tne persiatence witb which they levelled their classes at the stage excited comment. Tbe glasses were almost as large as those used f jr field purposes. The woman, witb an insipid smile, eat idly Bucking the handle cf her lorgnette. Tbe elder man became unea?y. He began talking in a monotone and applauded uproariously every situation on the stage. Finally be joined in with E. M. Hall on a banjo solo. The younger man t rifc.l to suppress tiiscompanion'sexuberance, with partial success. Then the woman com? menced to whistle. The party were ucdenia biy ...

FBI DAT EVENING, JANUARY 6._ The chief points of Senator Sberman'a recent trite speech on the tariff are that the rle-inoeralic party is responsible for the fail? ure to provide for a reduction of taxation; t hat the existing surplus is due to the failure of the democrats to provide for rivers and bar bors, dependent relativea of soldierp, coast defenses, and for otber large expenditures ; that the duky on sugar should be removed, and a bounty be offered to American sugar planters, and that Dice-tenths of the articles manufactured in this country are aa cheap as tbey are in England. No one knows bel? ter than Mr. Sberman that, save only and except for the united support the republi? cans in the TJ. S. House of Representatives have given the small Randall faction in that body, and the solid opposition of the repub? lican majority in the Senate, the people of the countty would now be reaping the manifold advantages of a low tariff. If Mr Sherman can sue the general benefit that would ...

FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 6 LOCAL MATTERS. For this district fair weather, followed by rain, ? . .;, rrash foutherly vrinds. ( v School Board.?The Board met last night promptly at the hour, all its members being present except Messrs. Fen fijll Smith and Strauss. Superintendent Carne, from the Commit tee on ^cboolhouses and Furniture, report? ed tbat it bad been found practicable to use old furniture for the new scuooIb for cbil- : jren unable to get into tho regular ones, and that only stoves and teachers' desks and ; (hairs, etc., hail to be purchased. Mr Vincent, from the same committee, reported an offer of Mr. J. H. Kuebling, of Wa-binsjton, 'o place new lightning rods , od tue Peabody building, now insufficiently protected, an ?be committee was author lied to accept tbe proposal and have the work done. He also slated that the water rr?D 'i ment.s nt the same building were so '"ive that it v;ould be economical to run ttie oipes uuiler tho cellar, which was or? dered to be done an...

FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6. Condition of the Cbown Prince.?Dr. Schmidt examined the Crown Prince again yesterday and reports favorably on his con? dition. The Prince has been compelled to remain in-doors on account of the bad weather. Emperor William has sent a re? ply to the New Year address of the Berlin municipal authorities. In it he says that be has been deeply moved by the heartfelt sympathy manifested since the beginning of the Crawn Prince's illness. The Almighty whose decrees are inscrutable, has placed a heavy trial over bim and his bouse. Great baB been the pain of the visitation, which bas kept the Prince so long a time from the full executiou of bis official duties and from his home, but ibe Emperor, together with the whole nation, believes that God in His wisdom will order all things for the beat. b'uiciDK of a Young Man.?Frank P. Cranford, the twenty-year old son of Col. H. L. Cranford, of Waehington, a well known contractor for asphalt etreet pavements, committed suic...